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Jan 24, 2007 - The nominations for the 79th Annual Academy Awards were announced this morning by past Oscar® nominee Salma Hayek and Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences President Sid Ganis. Nominations...

Jan 22, 2007 - We are going to be featuring clips from the Sundance Channel's behind-the-scenes series, Festival Dailies, which offers coverage of the 2007 Sundance Film Festival and offers a first look at many...

Jan 18, 2007 - According to the Pittsburgh Tribune-Review, the Cinema 8 at the Shoppes at Northway will be showing movies for the last time on Sunday, January 21, 2007:Northway Mall 8, a multiplex on McKnight Road...

Jan 15, 2007 - The Modjeska Theatre in Milwaukee, Wisconsin has been purchased by the Mitchell Street Development Opportunities Corp. and Modjeska Theatre Co. Inc., according to an article published recently in the...

Jan 12, 2007 - On October 31st, 2006, I posted about a news article that mentioned the inclusion of an upscale movie theater in the new Bayshore Town Center in Glendale, Wisconsin. An operator had not been named,...

Jan 12, 2007 - Jerry Bruckheimer, producer of the upcoming "Pirates of the Caribbean: At World's End" to be released May 25th, confirmed that Rolling Stones guitarist Keith Richards will appear in the...

Jan 11, 2007 - In the second deal announced in two weeks, IMAX Corporation and Zyacorp Entertainment's Cinemagic (as opposed to the Minnesota CineMagic) have agreed to build two IMAX theaters. The first will be...

Jan 5, 2007 - The Hollywood Reporter is reporting that shooting will commence sometime in 2007 on the next installment in the Indiana Jones series!Producer George Lucas and director Steven Spielberg confirmed...

Jan 5, 2007 - In the pre-Christmas blur, I missed a small mention in the latest Marcus Earnings Report that said that they had sold the property that is the site of the Westown Cinema in Waukesha, Wisconsin. A...

Jan 5, 2007 - Press ReleaseSt. Louis, MO – Wehrenberg Theatres is ready to expand again, this time with a new theatre in Bloomington-Normal, IL. The megaplex will house 14 screens in a free-standing facility...

Jan 4, 2007 - The Elegant Farmer in Mukwonago, Wisconsin is celebrating its 60th anniversary with a series of events, including the showing of family-oriented movies for free in a "haystack theatre"...

Jan 4, 2007 - The Carmike Cinema Twin in Enid, Oklahoma closed unexpectedly on December 26, 2006, according to a news article published in the Enid News and Eagle:
A long and dubious chapter of offering movies...

Jan 3, 2007 - The Milwaukee Business Journal is reporting that the Times Cinema has been purchased by local historian and author Larry Widen: Theater historian and author Larry Widen is the new owner of the Times...

Jan 2, 2007 - [Updated to include follow-up article in WhitefishbayNOW.com]The Milwaukee Journal Sentinel is reporting that Brian Henry, the owner of the Fox Bay Cinema Grill, and his family were rescued from...

Dec 30, 2006 - According to a story in the local paper (oddly titled "GreenfieldNOW") on Tuesday, the City of Greenfield has plans to redevelop an area along Highway 100 north of Layton Ave. These plans...